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Tracy // Jun 13, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Someone please help!! I dont know whats wrong with my chi. she is just a baby and in the past week she has had a few weird episodes. Her limbs stiffen and she acts like she cant breathe. I took her to the vet and they said she might be hypoglycemic and to feed her every 3-4 hours. I have done this and it seemed to help but she had another today right after i fed her. I called the vet and told her, and she said shes probably having seizures and her prognosis didnt look bright. I am so very sad and i am searching for different oppinions so if anyone can help me please reply. She is sooo cute and seems completely normal besides these episodes.
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1 Crystal // Jun 15, 2008 at 5:07 am
My prayers are with you an your puppy! I hope she gets well. Have you called or seen any other Vet’s? Thats what I would do to get some more oppinions…. You may be able to get meds to help prevent the seizures just like humans do. Good Luck!
2 Pam // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Don’t lose hope yet! I was told the same thing by a vet that wanted us to give our Chi (now 4 years old) a 700.00 MRI before doing much less expensive and common tests.
We’ve started feeding him wet food once a day and paying more attention to how often he eats, suspecting his blood sugar was the culprit. It’s been a month of doing this, and occasionally stirring some Corn Syrup into his water and the seizures have stopped.
Track your chi’s eating habits for a few weeks, track any seizure like occurances and get a second, or third opinion!
There ARE meds to control seizures too, Sodium Bromide is one.
3 Samantha // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Hi my name is Samantha Dunning and i would get her seizure medicine and to make her feel comfortable in her situation right at this moment in time.
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